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substance

Physical matter; material.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations‎:
  Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
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- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 308:
  His wasted hands were stretched out, and worked with a quick and convulsive motion, as if catching some small substances which kept eluding their grasp;...
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- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
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Synonyms: matter, stuff
1. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
  Coordinate terms: compound, element, mixture, composite
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
  Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
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- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
  This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace:
  It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.
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Synonyms: crux, gist
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Some textile fabrics have little substance.Category:English terms with usage examples#SUBSTANCE
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 15:13:
  And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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- c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, / Cannot amount unto a hundred marks.
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- 1711 December 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Jonathan Swift], The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War, 4th edition, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1711, →OCLC, page 26:
  And as we have waſted our Strength and vital Subſtance in this profuſe manner, ſo we have ſhamefully miſapplied it to Ends at leaſt very different from thoſe for which we undertook the War, and often to effect others which after a Peace we may ſeverely repent.
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Drugs (illegal narcotics)
Synonyms: dope, gear

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(theology Category:en:Theology#SUBSTANCE, philosophy Category:en:Philosophy#SUBSTANCE) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.

Synonyms

(physical matter): See also Thesaurus:substance
(essential part of anything): See also Thesaurus:gist
(drugs): See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

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Translations

physical matter; material — see also matter

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Albanian: substancë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#SUBSTANCE, lëndë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Arabic: مَادَّة (ar) f (mādda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SUBSTANCE
Armenian: նյութ (hy) (nyutʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#SUBSTANCE
Asturian: sustancia (ast) fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#SUBSTANCE
Azerbaijani: maddə (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SUBSTANCE
Bashkir: матдә (matdə)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#SUBSTANCE
Belarusian: рэ́чыва (be) n (réčyva)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SUBSTANCE, субста́нцыя f (substáncyja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#SUBSTANCE (literary)
Bengali: পদার্থ (bn) (podartho)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#SUBSTANCE
Bulgarian: вещество́ (bg) n (veštestvó)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE, субста́нция (bg) f (substáncija)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE (literary)
Burmese: ဒြပ် (my) (drap)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#SUBSTANCE
Catalan: substància (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SUBSTANCE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 物質 / 物质 (mat⁶ zat¹)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#SUBSTANCE

Hokkien: 物質 / 物质 (zh-min-nan) (bu̍t-chit)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#SUBSTANCE

Mandarin: 物質 / 物质 (zh) (wùzhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE

Wu: 物質 / 物质 (⁸veq-tseq)Category:Terms with Wu translations#SUBSTANCE
Czech: látka (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SUBSTANCE
Danish: substansCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SUBSTANCE, masse (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#SUBSTANCE
Dutch: substantie (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SUBSTANCE
Esperanto: substancoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SUBSTANCE
Estonian: aine (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#SUBSTANCE
Finnish: aine (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE, materia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE
French: substance (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#SUBSTANCE
Galician: substancia (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SUBSTANCE
Georgian: ნივთიერება (nivtiereba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SUBSTANCE
German: Substanz (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SUBSTANCE, Stoff (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#SUBSTANCE
Greek: ουσία (el) f (ousía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Ancient Greek: οὐσία f (ousía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SUBSTANCE, ὕλη f (húlē)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SUBSTANCE, ὑπόστασις f (hupóstasis)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (he) m (khómer)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#SUBSTANCE
Hindi: पदार्थ (hi) m (padārth)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE, वस्तु (hi) f (vastu)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE
Hungarian: anyag (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE, tartalom (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Icelandic: efni (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#SUBSTANCE
Indonesian: zat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SUBSTANCE
Irish: mianach mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SUBSTANCE, damhna mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SUBSTANCE
Italian: sostanza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SUBSTANCE
Japanese: 物質 (ja) (busshitsu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SUBSTANCE
Kazakh: зат (kk) (zat)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#SUBSTANCE
Khmer: វត្ថុ (km) (vŏətthoʼ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#SUBSTANCE
Korean: 물질(物質) (ko) (muljil)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: made (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#SUBSTANCE
Kyrgyz: зат (ky) (zat)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#SUBSTANCE
Lao: ສະສານ (sa sān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#SUBSTANCE
Latin: substantia fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SUBSTANCE, materia (la) fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SUBSTANCE
Latvian: viela fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#SUBSTANCE
Lithuanian: medžiaga (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Macedonian: супстанција f (supstancija)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SUBSTANCE
Malay: bahan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SUBSTANCE, zat (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SUBSTANCE
Māori: matūCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SUBSTANCE, pūmatūCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SUBSTANCE, kikoCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SUBSTANCE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бодис (mn) (bodis)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#SUBSTANCE

Mongolian script: ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ (bodas)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#SUBSTANCE
Norwegian: substans mCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SUBSTANCE, masse (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SUBSTANCE
Old English: andweorc nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#SUBSTANCE
Pashto: ماده (ps) f (mādá)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#SUBSTANCE
Persian: ماده (fa) (mâdde)Category:Terms with Persian translations#SUBSTANCE
Polish: substancja (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SUBSTANCE
Portuguese: substância (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SUBSTANCE
Romanian: substanță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Russian: вещество́ (ru) n (veščestvó)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE, субста́нция (ru) f (substáncija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE (literary), мате́рия (ru) f (matérija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: супста̀нца fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SUBSTANCE

Latin: supstànca fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SUBSTANCE
Slovak: látka (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SUBSTANCE
Slovene: snov (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#SUBSTANCE
Spanish: sustancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE, substancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE
Swedish: ämne (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SUBSTANCE, substans (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SUBSTANCE
Tajik: модда (modda)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#SUBSTANCE
Tatar: матдә (tt) (matdä)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#SUBSTANCE
Telugu: పదార్థము (te) (padārthamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#SUBSTANCE
Thai: สสาร (th) (sà-sǎan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SUBSTANCE
Turkish: madde (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE
Turkmen: maddaCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#SUBSTANCE
Ukrainian: речовина́ (uk) f (rečovyná)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SUBSTANCE, субста́нція f (substáncija)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SUBSTANCE (literary)
Urdu: مادہ (māda)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#SUBSTANCE
Uyghur: ماددا (madda)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#SUBSTANCE
Uzbek: modda (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#SUBSTANCE
Vietnamese: vật chất (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SUBSTANCE (物質Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SUBSTANCE)
Yiddish: מאַטעריע f (materye)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SUBSTANCE

essential part

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Armenian: էություն (hy) (ēutʻyun)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#SUBSTANCE
Asturian: sustancia (ast) fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#SUBSTANCE
Bulgarian: същност (bg) f (sǎštnost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Catalan: substància (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SUBSTANCE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 實質 / 实质 (zh) (shízhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE
Czech: podstata (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SUBSTANCE, substance (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SUBSTANCE
Danish: substansCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SUBSTANCE, hovedindholdCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SUBSTANCE
Finnish: ydin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE, substanssi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE, olemus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE
French: substance (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#SUBSTANCE, fond (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#SUBSTANCE
Galician: substancia (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SUBSTANCE
Georgian: არსი (arsi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SUBSTANCE
German: Substanz (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SUBSTANCE
Greek: ουσία (el) f (ousía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Ancient Greek: οὐσία f (ousía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Hebrew: תוכן (he) m (tókhen)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#SUBSTANCE
Hindi: विषय वस्तु (viṣay vastu)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE
Hungarian: lényeg (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE, szubsztancia (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Japanese: 骨子 (ja) (kosshi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SUBSTANCE
Korean: 본질(本質) (ko) (bonjil)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE, 실질(實質) (ko) (siljil)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE
Latin: substantia fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SUBSTANCE
Māori: tino (mi)Category:Terms with Māori translations#SUBSTANCE
Norwegian: substans mCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SUBSTANCE
Polish: istota (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SUBSTANCE
Portuguese: substância (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SUBSTANCE
Romanian: substanță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Russian: су́щность (ru) f (súščnostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE
Scottish Gaelic: susbaint fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#SUBSTANCE
Spanish: sustancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE, substancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE
Swedish: substans (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SUBSTANCE
Thai: ใจความ (th) (jai-kwaam)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SUBSTANCE, แก่นสาร (th)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SUBSTANCE
Turkish: maya (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE
Ottoman Turkish: مایه (mâye)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE

material possessions

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Bulgarian: имущество (bg) n (imuštestvo)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 資產 / 资产 (zh) (zīchǎn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE, 財產 / 财产 (zh) (cáichǎn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE
Danish: formueCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SUBSTANCE
Finnish: varat (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE, varallisuus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE
French: biens (fr) m plCategory:Terms with French translations#SUBSTANCE
Galician: bens m plCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SUBSTANCE
German: Substanz (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SUBSTANCE
Greek: περιουσία (el) f (periousía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Ancient Greek: οὐσία f (ousía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Hindi: संपत्ति (hi) f (sampatti)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE, सम्पत्ति (hi) f (sampatti)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE, संपदा (hi) f (sampdā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE
Hungarian: vagyon (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Korean: 자산(資產) (ko) (jasan)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE, 재산(財產) (ko) (jaesan)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE
Norwegian: formue (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SUBSTANCE
Polish: majątek (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SUBSTANCE
Portuguese: riqueza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SUBSTANCE
Romanian: substanță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Russian: вес (ru) m (ves)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE
Sanskrit: सम्पत्ति (sa) f (sampatti)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#SUBSTANCE
Spanish: sustancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE, substancia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SUBSTANCE
Swedish: resurs (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SUBSTANCE
Turkish: mal (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE

a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties

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Bulgarian: вещество (bg) n (veštestvo)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Galician: substancia (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SUBSTANCE
Georgian: ნივთიერება (nivtiereba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SUBSTANCE
Hindi: पदार्थ (hi) m (padārth)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE
Irish: damhna mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SUBSTANCE
Māori: pūmatūCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SUBSTANCE

drugs

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 物質 / 物质 (zh) (wùzhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE, 毒品 (zh) (dúpǐn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SUBSTANCE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SUBSTANCE
Finnish: aineet (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#SUBSTANCE
Galician: substancia (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SUBSTANCE
German: Substanz (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SUBSTANCE
Greek: ουσίες (el) f pl (ousíes)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SUBSTANCE
Hindi: मादक पदार्थ (mādak padārth)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SUBSTANCE
Hungarian: szer (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Korean: 마약(麻藥) (ko) (mayak)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SUBSTANCE
Norwegian: narkotika (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#SUBSTANCE
Bokmål: narkotika (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#SUBSTANCE, stoff (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#SUBSTANCE, substans mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#SUBSTANCE
Polish: narkotyk (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SUBSTANCE
Portuguese: substância (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SUBSTANCE
Romanian: drog (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE, narcotic (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Russian: вещество́ (ru) n (veščestvó)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SUBSTANCE
Swedish: substans (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SUBSTANCE

theology: hypostasis — see hypostasis

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Albanian: ^{(please verify)} lëndë (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Albanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} maddə (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Azerbaijani translations#SUBSTANCE
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} вещество (bg) n (veštestvo)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Bulgarian translations#SUBSTANCE
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} substantie (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Dutch translations#SUBSTANCE
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} substancoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Esperanto translations#SUBSTANCE
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} aine (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Estonian translations#SUBSTANCE
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bahan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#SUBSTANCE
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} substantiaCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#SUBSTANCE
Italian: ^{(please verify)} sostanza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#SUBSTANCE
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} turinys (lt)Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Lithuanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Middle English: ^{(please verify)} substaunceCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Middle English translations#SUBSTANCE
Persian: ^{(please verify)} خلاصه (fa) (xolâse)Category:Terms with Persian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Persian translations#SUBSTANCE
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} substanță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#SUBSTANCE
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} hmota (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Slovak translations#SUBSTANCE
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} རྒྱུ (rgyu)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Tibetan translations#SUBSTANCE
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} madde (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Turkish translations#SUBSTANCE
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} sylwedd (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Welsh translations#SUBSTANCE
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} מאַטעריע f (materye)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SUBSTANCE Category:Requests for review of Yiddish translations#SUBSTANCE

Verb

substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)Category:English lemmas#SUBSTANCE Category:English verbs#SUBSTANCE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with entries#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with 4 entries#SUBSTANCE

(rare Category:English terms with rare senses#SUBSTANCE, transitive Category:English transitive verbs#SUBSTANCE) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
- 1873, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, The Other Girls, page 335:
  If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness.
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- 1982, Dhupaty V. K. Raghavacharyulu, The Song of the Red Rose and Other Poems, page 78:
  The calm ruminating / Reverie, substancing / Intellect into emotion, / Is shelter enough for love / Unhumiliated by faith.
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:French terms borrowed from Latin#SUBSTANCE Category:French terms derived from Latin#SUBSTANCE substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

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Noun

substance f (plural substances)Category:French lemmas#SUBSTANCE Category:French nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:French countable nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:French entries with incorrect language header#SUBSTANCE Category:French feminine nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with entries#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with 4 entries#SUBSTANCE

substance

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cubassent

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French Category:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#SUBSTANCE Category:Middle English terms derived from Old French#SUBSTANCE substance.

Noun

substanceCategory:Middle English lemmas#SUBSTANCE Category:Middle English nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with entries#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with 4 entries#SUBSTANCE

essence
- c. 15th century, Julian of Norwich, The Long Text; republished as chapter XLV, in A Book of Showings: The Long Text, edited from MS BN Fonds anglais 40, […], Toronto, Ont.: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1978:
  God demyth vs vpon oure kyndely substance, whych is evyr kepte one in hym, hole and safe without ende;
  God judges us according to our true essence, which he keeps inside himself, whole and safe, always.
  Translation: Mirabai Starr (2013), chapter 45, in Julian of Norwich: The Showings: A Contemporary Translation, Canterbury Press, published 2014, →ISBN, “Human Judgment”, page 111.
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Descendants

English: substance

Old French

Alternative forms

sostance, sustance

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Category:Old French terms borrowed from Latin#SUBSTANCE Category:Old French terms derived from Latin#SUBSTANCE substantia.

Noun

substance oblique singular, f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)Category:Old French lemmas#SUBSTANCE Category:Old French nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:Old French feminine nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:Old French entries with incorrect language header#SUBSTANCE Category:Old French feminine nouns#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with entries#SUBSTANCE Category:Pages with 4 entries#SUBSTANCE

most essential; substantial part
existence

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substantiel

Descendants

French: substance
→ Middle English: substance
- English: substance

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